Reuters and Algemeiner Staff
ARTICLES BY: Reuters and Algemeiner Staff
Syria Wants Burkinis on Public Beaches, Official Denies Ban on Western Beachwear
Syria's Islamist-led government has said women should wear burkinis or other swimwear that covers the body on public beaches, though an official denied there was any ban on Western beachwear and said the decision was misunderstood. The...
Israel Set to Deport Eight Activists, Including French MEP, Over Gaza Boat
Eight pro-Palestinian activists including a French member of the European Parliament will soon be deported from Israel, three days after the Israeli navy prevented them from sailing into Gaza in an effort to...
Israel’s Knesset Rejects Vote on Dissolving Itself
Israel's parliament rejected early on Thursday a preliminary vote to dissolve itself, the Knesset said in a statement, after an agreement was reached regarding a dispute over conscription. The vote, which could...
US Warns Against Attending UN Conference on Two-State Solution Over Anti-Israel Agenda
US President Donald Trump's administration is discouraging governments around the world from attending a UN conference next week on a possible two-state solution between Israel and the...
Trump Says He Is Less Confident About Iran Nuclear Deal as Tehran Warns of Military Strikes if Conflict Arises
US President Donald Trump said he was less confident that Iran will agree to stop uranium enrichment in a nuclear deal with Washington, according to an interview released on Wednesday. "I don't know," Trump told the "Pod Force One" podcast on...
Pro-Israel Rabbi and Trump-Linked Pastor Visit Syria, Say Peace Is Possible
Peace between Syria and Israel is "very possible," a Trump-linked evangelical Christian pastor said after he and a pro-Israel American rabbi held talks this week with Syria's Islamist leader Ahmed al-Sharaa at the presidential palace in Damascus. Rev. Johnnie Moore, a White...
Russia Says It’s Ready to Remove Highly Enriched Uranium From Iran
Russia said on Wednesday it stood ready to remove highly enriched uranium from Iran and convert it into civilian reactor fuel as a potential way to help narrow US-Iranian differences over the Islamic Republic's nuclear...
Mike Huckabee Says He Does Not Think Palestinian State Is US Policy Goal
US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee said he did not think that an independent Palestinian state remains a goal of US foreign policy, according to an interview with Bloomberg News released on Tuesday. "I don't think so," Huckabee said...
US Military Evaluating Options to Prevent Nuclear-Armed Iran, General Says
The top US general overseeing American forces in the Middle East said on Tuesday there were a range of options when asked if the military was prepared to respond with overwhelming...
US Issues Sanctions Against Charities Supporting Hamas, PFLP
The United States imposed sanctions on Tuesday targeting individuals and sham charities that it said were prominent financial supporters of the Palestinian terrorist groups Hamas and the Popular Front for the...
Greta Thunberg Deported From Israel, Claims She Was ‘Kidnapped’ in International Waters
Swedish activist Greta Thunberg was deported from Israel on Tuesday, the day after the Israeli navy prevented her and a group of fellow pro-Palestinian activists from sailing to...
Israel’s Netanyahu Says Significant Progress Made in Talks to Release Hostages
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Tuesday that there had been "significant progress" in efforts to secure the release of the remaining hostages in Gaza, but that it was "too soon"...
Israel Strikes Hodeidah Port, Threatens Naval, Air Blockade in Latest Moves Against Yemen’s Houthis
Israel stepped up pressure on Yemen's Houthis on Tuesday, deploying its navy to hit targets in the Red Sea port of Hodeidah and threatening the Iran-backed movement with a naval and air blockade if attacks...
Britain, Allies Sanction Israeli Ministers for ‘Inciting Violence’; Jerusalem Slams ‘Outrageous’ Move
Britain and four other nations on Tuesday imposed sanctions on two far-right Israeli ministers, Itamar Ben-Gvir and Bezalel Smotrich, accusing them of repeatedly inciting violence against Palestinians in the West Bank, a...
